WANTED DEAD OR ALIVE^©

Bon Jovi's original version

It's all the same, only the names will change
Every day, it seems we're wasting away
Another place where the faces are so cold
I drive all night just to get back home

I'm a cowboy
On a steel horse I ride
I'm wanted dead or alive
Wanted dead or alive

Sometimes I sleep, sometimes it's not for days
And the people I meet always go their separate ways
Sometimes you tell the day by the bottle that you drink
And times when you're alone, all you do is think

I'm a cowboy
On a steel horse I ride
I'm wanted (wanted) dead or alive
Wanted (wanted) dead or alive

Oh, and I'll ride

Oh

Ooh, I'm a cowboy
On a steel horse I ride
I'm wanted (wanted) dead or alive

And I'll walk these streets, a loaded six string on my back
I play for keeps, 'cause I might not make it back
I've been everywhere (yeah), still I'm standing tall
I've seen a million faces, and I've rocked them all

'Cause I'm a cowboy
On a steel horse I ride
I'm wanted (wanted) dead or alive

'Cause I'm a cowboy
I got the night on my side
And I'm wanted (wanted) dead or alive (and I'll ride) (and I'll ride)
Dead or alive (I still try) (I still try)
Dead or alive
Dead or alive
Dead or alive
Dead or alive
Dead or alive

Page last updated: 29 Aug 2007

Written by Jon Bon Jovi and Richie Sambora, released on Bon Jovi's 1986 album Slippery When Wet. The above lyrics are for Bon Jovi's original album version. Check out the live 31 Jan 1998 version with Bruce Springsteen (more details).

Thanks Jake (ol'catfishinthelake from BTX and Greasy Lake) for the work on this page and the transcription of this version's lyrics.